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Renewable production of water, hydrogen, and power from ambient moisture
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2016-12)
This thesis developed a concept design and prototype system capable of increasing and improving the main energy constraints the Department of Defense must overcome to meet future mission requirements, energy availability ...
Development and Analysis of a Bi-Directional Tidal Turbine
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2012-03)
The concept of using renewable energy for power generation has experienced much attention with increasing costs of non-renewable sources. The largest untapped renewable energy resource is in the form of the oceans and ...
Flow visualization and detailed load measurements over a maneuvering UCAV 1303
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011-03)
The unsteady aerodynamic performance of a maneuvering 1/72nd scale model of an unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) 1303 geometry has been studied in the Naval Postgraduate School water tunnel. Despite the numerous past ...
Development of a MEMS-Scale Turbomachinery Based Vacuum Pump
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2012-06)
This study forms part of a larger study to develop a MEMS scale turbomachinery based vacuum pump. This would allow very high vacuum to be drawn for handheld mass spectroscopy. This thesis concentrates on the roughing portion ...
Design, test, and evaluation of a transonic axial compressor rotor with splitter blades
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2013-09)
A new design procedure was developed and documented that uses commercial-off-the-shelf software (MATLAB, SolidWorks, and ANSYS-CFX) for the geometric rendering and analysis of a transonic axial compressor rotor with splitter ...
Investigation of transitional flows on compressor blades in cascade
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011-09)
Flow around polished second-generation controlled-diffusion blades in cascade set at their design inlet flow angle was investigated at various Reynolds numbers using static pressure measurements, five-hole probe surveys, ...
Computational analysis of effect of transient fluid force on composite structures
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2013-12)
This study investigated the peak pressure applied to a composite structure under various transient velocity profiles, fluid boundary conditions, as well as structural geometric configurations and material properties. Then, ...
Dynamic fluidic nozzles for pulse detonation engine applications
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2010-03)
An efficient nozzle design is critical for enhancing the benefits of Pulse Detonation Engines (PDEs) and enabling
their use as future propulsion or power generation systems. Due to the inherent variation in chamber pressure ...
UPGRADE TRANSONIC COMPRESSOR TEST RIG DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2018-06)
This thesis presents an upgraded data acquisition system (DAS) for the transonic compressor test rig (TCR). The legacy DAS acquired and processed pressure, temperature, and rotational speed data. The data were mass averaged, ...
Design and construction of a thermal contact resistance and thermal conductivity measurement system
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2015-09)
This study was aimed at the development of an accurate thermal contact resistance and thermal conductivity measurement system that was simple enough to be constructed and operated by multiple users. A method based on ...
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